Alienated Martial Arts

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, making the air distorted.

Even if there is a breeze blowing, it does not bring coolness, but suffocating heat.

A slim figure holding a light yellow paper umbrella appeared in front of Qingfengguan Gate at this moment.

The Taoist boy who was guarding there was sweating profusely from the heat. He quickly came forward to greet the female guest and asked her why she came.

Soon after, Li Kun hurried over wrapped in cotton clothes and personally welcomed the woman into the temple.

After Fairy Chi Lian's attack, the repairs on Bai Cui Tower had not yet been completed.

So he chose Qinglin Hall as the place to entertain guests.

Firstly, this place is quiet and elegant, suitable for detailed communication and discussion. Secondly, the name of the palace is Qinglin, which echoes the Yuanyuan Gate on Qinglin Mountain. It can also be regarded as a silent declaration of status.

Wei Tao had just had lunch and was preparing to continue studying the possible difficulties in deducing the transition from rotation five to six.

Suddenly there was a knock on the courtyard door.

A Taoist boy was standing outside sweating profusely.

"Deacon Wei, the temple master wants you to go to Qinglin Hall now."

Wei Tao opened the door and asked, "Did the temple owner tell you what happened?"

The Taoist boy bowed, leaned closer and said in a lower voice, "Return to the deacon, the temple master asked you to prepare in advance. Someone may ask about Fairy Chi Lian and Mo Xianglou later."

"Is it someone from the Supervisory Department who is here?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, his tone slightly surprised.

The Taoist boy replied, "The temple master and disciples are talking about Mr. Lu who came from the imperial court. Whether he is an official of the Military Supervision Department, he did not say clearly."

"I understand, let's get over it."

Wei Tao returned to the house, found the Taoist robe that he had almost never worn before, put on the crown that was collecting dust, followed the little Taoist boy out of the courtyard, and walked quickly towards the Qinglin Hall.

He also didn't expect that Lu Zhihe would come so quickly.

Yesterday, we just dealt with the arrest of Mr. He from Luoshui City who came to inquire about the news. Today, the real owner came directly to the door. The time interval between the two was less than a day.

Not long after, Wei Tao entered the Qinglin Hall.

Then he saw the young woman with a charming smile and beautiful eyes.

He was sitting opposite Guanzhu Li, drinking tea and chatting.

She was wearing a light yellow dress, with a slender figure. The long hair tied behind her head was not pure black, but had a touch of orange, giving her a bright and warm feeling.

"This is the guard guard."

Li Kun stood up with a smile and made an introduction, "Deacon Wei is young and promising. Within a few months of joining the temple, he has already made outstanding achievements.

Not only are all the disciples in the temple respectful, but even on Qinglin Mountain, he is favored by the elders of the academy and is vigorously cultivated as a key talent. "

His face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he spoke seriously.

The woman in the yellow dress looked at Wei Tao who had just entered the palace, her eyes flashing.

Li Kun waved to Wei Tao, "Junior Brother Wei, this is the Observer of the Military Supervisor Si Lu, who made a special trip to learn about the rebellion between Fairy Chi Lian and Mo Xianglou.

If you carefully recall your experience at that time, perhaps Observer Lu will be able to find valuable information clues. "

"Pindao has seen the land observation envoy."

Wei Tao took a step forward and bowed deeply.

Lu Zhihe stood up and returned the courtesy.

She smiled and spoke softly, "Deacon Wei, there is no need to be polite. Although I am in the yamen now and you are in the sect, I am also from the sect, and we are brothers and sisters in the same sect. Don't make things too harsh."

A clever Taoist boy had already come in, served new refreshments to the three of them, and then left quietly, closing the palace door gently.

Half an hour later.

Lu Zhihe slowly walked out of Qingfeng Temple.

She stopped on the stone steps and bowed slightly, "I gained a lot from this long conversation. The little lady feels that the trip was well worth it. I would also like to thank you two for your generous teachings, which gave me a better understanding of the situation I am about to face." gained an in-depth understanding.”

Li Kun smiled all over his face and bowed his head in return, "If Inspector Lu has any doubts, he can send someone to ask at any time. The old Taoist will definitely tell you everything he knows."

"The weather is hot, Guanzhu Li and Deacon Wei, please stay. After everything calms down, I will set up a table and invite you two to the banquet."

She opened the paper umbrella to protect her from the sun, slowly turned around and left.

The slender and graceful figure gradually drifted away and soon disappeared from the end of sight.

"Senior Brother Li, what do you think?"

In front of the Taoist temple, Wei Tao withdrew his gaze and asked as if unintentionally.

Li Kun twirled a wisp of beard under his chin and said in a confused tone, "He has a gentle and gentle character, neither arrogant nor impetuous, which is quite inconsistent with the description in the rumors."

After a pause, he continued, "But we are only in contact with her for the first time, so we can't draw a conclusion directly."

Wei Tao nodded and asked, "With Senior Brother Li's eyes, can you tell what her level of strength is?"

Li Kun frowned, was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, "I can't tell. She gave me a very strange feeling. I can't even see the traces of her practicing Xuanwu. Perhaps only by seeing her take action with my own eyes can I understand." Know a thing or two.”

"Junior Brother Wei, have you discovered anything?"

Wei Tao sighed, "Even senior brother didn't notice it, so naturally I couldn't tell anything."

After sending Li Kun to his residence, Wei Tao walked slowly along the green path alone.

Taoist priests passing by kept bowing and saluting, but he didn't make any response. He kept lowering his head and thinking about something.

During the conversation in Qinglin Hall just now, Lu Zhihe gave him the same strange feeling.

Strangely, the main source of this strangeness turned out to be some kind of familiar feeling.

It was as if there was something about her that made him feel close to her.

This feeling is vague and vague.

Once he wanted to feel it carefully, it disappeared and he could not see its true face.

Wei Tao thought silently, walked around in a circle, and returned to the Green Bamboo Garden.

He quickly calmed down and continued to focus on the deduction of how to enter the sixth level of qi and blood.

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A carriage slowed down slowly and stopped in front of a majestic gatehouse.

The car curtain opened, and a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, wearing a lavender official uniform, came out.

He looked up at the tall gate tower, and his eyes fell on the plaque with vigorous handwriting, his eyes changing.

There are also two huge lion and tiger sculptures in front of the door, with teeth and claws showing, looking ferocious.

This is the residence of Luoshui City Supervisor and Military Division.

After Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty established the country, he established two institutions to monitor and control the warriors in the world.

One is the patrol department.

Mainly responsible for acting on matters related to the seven sects.

The second is the Jianwu Division.

The main job is to investigate and arrest the warriors who committed crimes.

This institution was originally a branch of Liumen.

But as time goes by, it gradually becomes independent from the six doors, like a giant beast that grows rapidly, extending its tentacles to many aspects of the world.

Although it is still operating under the shell of Six Doors as usual, its power has long been far beyond the control of Six Doors.

Until the Qinglian Sect suddenly emerged thirty years ago.

The Jianwu Division was severely damaged, and an unknown number of masters died in the battle with the Qinglian Cultists.

After that, after half a month of rest and recuperation, he gradually regained some vitality.

The middle-aged man gathered his thoughts and slowly stepped into the door.

It was quiet inside, no one was moving or talking, and there was almost no life.

He kept moving forward.

Quickly pass through the front lobby and arrive at the second courtyard at the back.

At this moment, his expression changed, full of smiles, and he gently knocked on the half-open wooden door.

After a while, a burst of footsteps sounded from the courtyard.

There was a soft squeaking sound.

The old-looking wooden door was opened a crack.

A tall old man in civilian clothes came out of it, "He arrived at the right time. The lady has already gotten up from her nap and is reading the newspaper inside."

He bowed and saluted with a smile on his face, "Senior Lu, I heard that Miss Lu likes to drink tea, so I went to find some new tea after the rain, and prepared a set of sapphire tea sets for Miss Lu to make tea. "

After a pause, he quietly took out a golden tiger sculpture from his sleeve, and his smile became more intense.

"There is also this golden statue of a tiger descending from a mountain. If you put it to a villain, you won't be able to appreciate it. On the contrary, it is a waste of the old craftsman's craftsmanship. I heard that Senior Lu likes tiger sculptures, so I just took this opportunity to give it to him. come over."

The commoner old man looked down at the things in his hands and nodded slightly, "You are interested, come in."

"Come this way, the lady just woke up and is in a pretty good mood. You can also relax a little."

The old man in civilian clothes led He Baotou through the small courtyard and then turned for a distance along the long corridor.

Finally, we stopped in front of a simple and elegant house.

The door is not closed.

There was a woman in a yellow dress sitting inside, drinking tea and looking at the papers in front of her.

Under the slanting sunlight, her hair reflected a faint orange color, much like the morning glow that had just revealed its color.

"He Shuangming pays homage to Miss Lu." Mr. He stopped outside the house and bowed deeply with his hands clasped in fists.

Regardless of Lu Zhihe's official position as the Supervisor of the Capital City or his relationship as a relative of the queen, he must remain absolutely respectful and not dare to do anything overstepped.

"People say that Qi Mo and Qi Mo in the north are places of bitter cold. I came here to take a walk and take a look.

Although it cannot be compared with the capital of the Central Plains, it is not bad, and it is not as bad as they said. "

Lu Zhihe put down the newspaper in her hand and said with a half-smile, "If you don't say anything else, just by looking at the jade pendant hanging on his head and waist, you can tell that the income here is quite high, even higher than that of the policemen in the capital."

"Miss Lu, please forgive me. When I came here this time, I was afraid that my dirty clothes would displease the lady, so I dug out the old home land passed down from my ancestors."

Mr. He lowered his eyes to the ground and his tone became more respectful.

"Forget it, I was just joking with you, don't be so nervous."

Lu Zhihe smiled lightly, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "I called you here this time mainly to hear how the preparations you made in the early stage are going now?"

"Back to Miss Lu, my subordinates have conducted a detailed investigation of Moxiang Tower's local base. There are four main strongholds inside and outside the city.

They are the Fei family on the banks of the Luoshui River, the Qiu family on the farm outside the city, and a house whose owner is unknown.

In addition, dozens of miles south of Luoshui City, there is a manor owned by Gui Shufang, the traitor to the imperial court..."

He Captou took out a stack of paper signatures filled with words from his arms and handed them to the old man in civilian clothes beside him, who then sent them into the house.

Lu Zhihe put down the newspaper and carefully read what was written on the paper. At the same time, she was still listening carefully to the story of Capt. He outside the door.

After a moment, she suddenly frowned slightly.

Interrupting Mr. He's words, he stretched out a finger as slender as jade and slowly made marks on different positions on several pieces of paper.

"I remember that Qingfeng Temple is the outer Taoist temple of the Yuan Dynasty, so the guard deacons here are usually people with strong martial arts. Otherwise, it will be difficult to intimidate the ground."

She paused, and her tone changed slightly when she spoke again. "But according to your description above, this person is just an ordinary outside deacon.

It is really surprising that they were able to pick two strongholds of Moxiang Tower, Gui Family Manor and Qiu Family Farm. "

Speaking of this, Lu Zhihe let out a faint sigh, "Red Lantern Tianzhao and Moxiang Biyin, these two newly emerged forces have a lot to do with the Qinglian Demon Sect that confused the common people thirty years ago. They are not related at all. It’s not a gang organization in the ordinary sense.”

"And the Scarlet Lian Fairy you mentioned in it, the fourteenth murderer on the red list, actually gained nothing after entering Qingfeng Temple. He was killed and left in a hurry. There is no trace of him until now..."

"So, Captain He, the information you sent this time seems to be detailed, but there are big problems."

“The people who should be highlighted are not really highlighted, and some things that should be described in detail are also written vaguely.

Although it is not a brushstroke, there is not much effective information that can be found from it. As the chief arrester of six gates in a city, it is really inappropriate for things to happen like this. "

Outside the door, sweat appeared on the back of Mr. He's head.

The body couldn't help but bow down even lower.

"Captain He, have you really read the collected intelligence carefully and thought about it seriously?

As for Taoist Li Kun and Deacon Wei Tao, how much do you really know? How much of what you know is true and how much is false? "

Lu Zhihe stopped smiling and her voice became colder.

He Baotou's mouth was filled with bitterness, his thoughts flashed, and finally he felt his heart cross and gritted his teeth suddenly.

"Subordinate, I have carefully looked at it and thought about it before and after. There may indeed be some omissions in it.

However, the two of them are the master of the outer sect of Yuan Dynasty and the guard deacon, not ordinary warriors with no roots.

In this Moxiang Tower incident, another Shangguan from the Touring Department participated in the handling.

Therefore, subordinates did not dare to force them too much and could only guide them after they finished speaking to see if they could get some supplements. "

Lu Zhihe said calmly, "It is indeed not easy for you to deal with Yuan Yiyi, one of the seven sects of the sect.

In addition, if the Patrol Department is involved, it is not easy for you to achieve this level. "

"Ms. Lu Mingjian." He Patou nodded respectfully, finally feeling slightly relieved.

"When you go back and mobilize your manpower, start investigating from the streets. Whether it's rumors or gossip, collect them all and analyze them carefully.

As for the patrol department here, you don't need to worry about it. I will take some time to go over and visit in person. "

Lu Zhihe said lightly, picked up the tea cup that had been left for a while, and took a sip.

Chief He did not dare to raise his head, and his tone became more and more respectful, "I understand, I will send out people according to your wishes."

"Go ahead, I'll wait for your news."

"Thank you very much, Miss Lu, for your generosity." He Baotou quickly bowed and walked away slowly backwards.

When he left the small courtyard, he suddenly quickened his pace and soon arrived outside the gate.

Until I got on the carriage, my heart was still pounding and it didn't really calm down.

Lu Zhihe slowly closed her eyes and began to rest in silence.

"To be able to collect so much information in such a short period of time, Capt. He is pretty good."

The commoner old man came into the room, helped her change the slightly cold tea, and said calmly.

Lu Zhihe nodded slightly, "Since Uncle Lu thinks it's pretty good, let's not touch him first."

A pretty and delicate girl walked slowly from the side of the corridor, entered the room quite casually, picked up the snacks on the table and started eating.

While chewing, she said vaguely, "When will Sister Lu finish things here? I want to go to the Cangmang Mountains early to have a look."

"Yue'er, be patient and don't be impatient."

Lu Zhihe touched the girl's head and said with a gentle smile, "The matters at Moxiang Tower are big or small, but they are actually not worth a trip alone.

However, according to the secret information obtained by the Supervision Bureau, these remnants of the Qinglian Sect have been conducting unfinished research on the transformation of the Netherworld into the body and the transformation of gods and humans around Luoshui, and they have reached a very critical period.

This is no small matter, if I can get their research results in my hands..."

She did not continue, but an inexplicable light quietly flashed in the depths of her eyes.

The old man in cloth clothes put down the paper sign in his hand, and said slowly after thinking, "If the young lady's purpose is the mysterious silk, this Qingfeng Temple really needs to be investigated carefully."

"Oh? What does Uncle Lu mean?"

"When the young lady went to Qingfeng Temple, the old slave learned from the hidden clues hidden here that the place where the mysterious threads first appeared was the gold tanning field.

And this place is the exclusive territory of Qingfengguan. Every year, it earns a lot of money from the sand field and stone quarry. "

The commoner old man smiled coldly and continued, "So now it seems that Qingfengguan occupies the land to open a sand field and stone quarry, which is a matter of course.

But whether those Taoist priests did something secretly, apart from themselves, it is probably difficult for others to know. "

Lu Zhihe suddenly became interested, "Uncle Lu's secret information, is the information accurate?"

"Miss Hui, the old slave's hidden secret is in the Patrol Department, and according to the information provided by this person, Liu Shaoqing, who just came here from the capital not long ago, seems to know something."

"Liu Shaoqing, is this Liu Qingyuan?"

Lu Zhihe frowned slightly, "The last time the two companies performed a mission together, her troubles left a deep impression on me."

The commoner old man said, "Young lady is right. The new person from the Patrol Department responsible for supervising Luoshui is Liu Qingyuan."

"She has a good uncle. Wherever she wants to go, it's just a matter of words."

Lu Zhihe smiled faintly, "But as long as she doesn't block my way, then nothing will happen. I will give her double the face I deserve."

At this point, she changed the topic, "In Uncle Lu's opinion, is Qingfengguan involved in the mysterious silk threads?"

Uncle Lu refilled the tea for her, "This is just a guess of the old slave. Of course, we can't just throw the pot on Qingfengguan's head.

However, the group of Taoist priests, especially the master Li Kun who was in charge of the overall situation, and the guard deacon who personally participated in handling the matter, must know more about the inside story. There is absolutely no doubt about this. "

"That's interesting."

Lu Zhihe nodded slightly, "So, whether it's the clues collected by Capt. He or the fact that I went to Qingfeng Temple to inquire about the situation, although the information obtained seems to be flawless, it is missing something in the key point."

"Uncle Lu needs to work harder on this matter. It is best to find opportunities to catch the warriors involved in the gold tanning farm and try to find new evidence from them.

In this way, when facing Guanzhu Li and Deacon Wei of Qingfeng Temple, one can wait and see what else they can say. "

"I understand, leave this matter to the old slave."

Uncle Lu bowed slightly and left the room directly.

Another thin female voice came from behind, "Uncle Lu must be careful not to leak the news in advance. It is better not to make a move when the time is not ripe, than to make a random move.

In order to avoid alerting the snake and making them defensive, they may even send the person away and hide them directly. "

"Don't worry, young lady, I know the importance of this."

Uncle Lu stopped and said expressionlessly, "Qingfengguan has many industries around Luoshui City. Some time ago, we just had a competition with Lingyun Pavilion over the ownership of a certain industry.

Therefore, it is not difficult to lure out the warrior Keqing they keep in the temple, and there is no need to break into Qingfeng Temple directly. "

"An old house where a treasure."

Lu Zhihe put her hands on her hands and smiled and said, "Then do it according to Uncle Lu's method. If Lingyun Pavilion needs to spare no effort to cooperate, I can also personally come forward to explain."